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Teaspoon

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840-1850

GUSN

GUSN-49484

Description

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle and a pointed oval bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

teaspoons
silver (metal)
Spoon, Eating
Teaspoon
Teaspoon

Inscription

"NC/ ETC" (Engraved on the handle)
"Ellen Tyler Cheever/ Jany. 23d. 1860" (Engraved on the back of the handle)
"January/ 24/ 1844" (Engraved on the back of the handle)

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

1977.428

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.426

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